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Lu Han in 2014
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Chinese name | 鹿晗 | ||
Pinyin | Lù Hán (Mandarin) | ||
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Haidian, Beijing, China |
20 April 1990 ||
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Years active | 2011–present | ||
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Lu Han (Chinese: 鹿晗; Korean: 루한, 록함; Japanese: ルハン, 鹿晗; born April 20, 1990), better known by the mononym Luhan, is a Chinese singer and actor. He is a former member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO and its sub-group EXO-M, having terminated his contract with S.M. Entertainment and left the group in October 2014. That year, he was ranked the sixth most popular entertainment star in China by China National Radio.
Luhan is active in China as a solo artist and actor. He released his solo debut album, Reloaded in 2015; and has starred in several box office hits such as 20 Once Again (2015), The Witness (2015) and Time Raiders (2016). In 2017, he made his drama debut in Fighter of the Destiny.
Luhan was born on April 20, 1990 in Haidian, Beijing. He graduated from Beijing Shida Middle School and attended Beijing Haidian Foreign Language Shi Yan School before leaving for South Korea to attend Yonsei University as an exchange student. He majored in Applied Music at the Seoul Institute of the Arts.
In 2008, Luhan unsuccessfully auditioned for JYP Entertainment at their global audition in China. In 2010, while studying in Seoul, he was scouted while in Myeong-dong by an S.M. Entertainment representative who recommended he audition for the company; after which he became a trainee under the agency.
Along with Tao, Chen, and Kai, Luhan made his first televised performance at the SBS Gayo Daejeon on December 29, 2011. Following this appearance, he was the second member of EXO to be officially introduced, as one of the four Chinese members of the group and its Mandarin-language sub-group EXO-M.